Location. 36° 42.967′ N, 76° 14.909′ W. Marker is in Chesapeake, Virginia. Marker is on Conquest Drive north of Shea Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chesapeake VA 23322, United States of America.

More about this marker. Discolored perhaps by age, the inscribed plaques on this 117-year old monument refuse to be photogenic when a camera lens is feet, rather than inches, away from them. Recently taken photos as well as the one copied from Chesapeake: A Pictorial History attest to this.

The first of two monuments erected in Great Bridge by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), this one originally stood on Route 168. The second one was erected in Battlefield Park in 2007. See the Related marker section for more details.

In 1964 this Battle of Great Bridge Monument was moved to Chesapeake municipal complex near what was then known as the Civic Center. The new location, per a newly added plaque, placed the battle site at approximately a mile northeast of the monument. It is likely that the monument was moved again – just slightly

By Cynthia L. Clark, January 25, 2018

3. The Battle of Great Bridge Monument (front).

– within the complex since then. A comparison of the copied photo with the recently taken ones shows a change in the monumentís base and buildings in the background of it.

An interesting point about the area of land upon which the monument stands is that from 1637 until 1963, it was Norfolk County, not Chesapeake. A roadside marker (Nansemond County/Norfolk County, Z-235) erected in 1931 by the Conservation and Development Commission of Virginia, acknowledges that the Battle of Great Bridge occurred in Norfolk County. And Great Bridge, in 1775, was a village there.

Someday this monument will have a place to call home, a final resting place. There are plans being made to move it one more time to another location, Battlefield Park.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

This photo was copied from page 180 of the book, Chesapeake: A Pictorial History (1999) by Charles B. Cross, Jr. and Eleanor Cross. The caption reads: “In 1900 the Great Bridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected this monument on Route 168 to commemorate the Battle of Great Bridge. After the formation of the city of Chesapeake, the monument was moved to the Civic Center in 1964 where a site had been suitably landscaped for it. Photograph by the authors.”

By Cynthia L. Clark, January 25, 2018

6. An angular view of the monument.

Chesapeakeís City Hall Building is pictured in the background.

By Cynthia L. Clark, January 25, 2018

7. Detail of the lower plaque on the monumentís rear.

The inscription reads: “Great Bridge Chapter DAR Norfolk, Virginia.”

By Cynthia L. Clark, January 25, 2018

8. Detail of the DAR Seal on the monumentís rear.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2018. This page originally submitted on January 31, 2018, by Cynthia L. Clark of Suffolk, Virginia. This page has been viewed 57 times since then. Last updated on February 3, 2018, by Cynthia L. Clark of Suffolk, Virginia. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 31, 2018, by Cynthia L. Clark of Suffolk, Virginia. 7, 8. submitted on February 3, 2018, by Cynthia L. Clark of Suffolk, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.